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Get On Your Bike –
Random street scene, Henley-on-Thames Job Centres were government-operated employment agencies intended to help people find gainful work instead of spending their days watching telly while sponging off the dole. At least, such was the image of their unemployed compatriots entertained by many supporters of Margaret Thatcher, prime minister at the time. Her cabinet ministers (well, …
Making Book Part 22: In Pieces at the End –
I wrote my first book when I was 11 years old. It sprouted and took root like all the other books I’ve written during the last 42 years. Step one: I become bizarrely interested in a topic. Back in 1979, it was how the U.S. military had moved so many people around during World War …
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Dust Collection in the Horse Garage & Bench Room –
One of our two portable “Vortex Cone” Jet collectors. These are due for a good cleaning on the first nice spring day. That means taking them apart and sucking out the filter folds with a smaller vacuum. Not my favorite job. From time to time, we get asked about our “professional setup” for dust collection. …
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Peter Follansbee on Hatchets –
Since the publication of “Make a Joint Stool from a Tree,” many readers have asked what sort of hatchet they should buy to get started hewing the legs for their joint stools. Peter Follansbee, one of the two authors of the book, took a few minutes to show me how you can do the work …
Glue Fast, my Young One. Glue…Convenient? –
When my mom died last year we tried to throw nothing in the garbage. We gave away everything to neighbors, friends and the local shelters. She would have wanted it that way. But no one wanted this white plastic shower caddy. So I took it, even though I don’t like plastic. I turned it into …
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New from Lost Art Press: ‘With the Grain’ by Christian Becksvoort –
A little knowledge about trees goes a long way toward improving your woodworking. You don’t need a degree in dendrology to build a desk. But you do need intimate knowledge of how our raw material grows and – more importantly – how it responds to its environment after it has been cut and dried. This …
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